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Course Completion Ceremony For Batch 4

Sunday, 13 February 2015

4th Batch cadets of United Maritime Academy (UMA) consisting of 16 Nautical Science and 19 Marine Engineering disciplines completed their two-year long pre-sea training. The honorable ambassador of Iran in Bangladesh Dr.Abbas Vaezi gave away the certificates among the graduating cadets as the Chief Guest in a befitting ceremony at Academy's own aesthetically beautiful Hatirjheel lakeside campus. Commodore M Zakiur Rahman Bhuiyan, (L), psc, Director General of Shipping along with many guests and stakeholders from different sections of maritime community were also present. While addressing the august gathering of guests and cadets' guardians, the Chief Guest congratulated the Academy for its role in Maritime Education & Merchant Marine Service in the country and wished its bright future in the pursuit of the noble task. Since inception in 2012, 161 cadets have already passed out from the UMA. With the very recent acquisition of state of the art Full Mission Bridge Simulator and Machinery Operations Simulator, different ancillary and preparatory courses for the seafarers would be much easier, rich and economic in Bangladesh, as opined by the mariners concerned with the industry